Living Close To a Nuclear Plant
Living Close To a Nuclear Plant
By Elton Camp
The location of the nuclear plant I despise
For it’s not very far away as the crow flies
When built, the largest in the world we got
It was capable of producing one gigawatt
But frequent trouble the facility did give
In an area where a great many folks live
A fire damaged nuclear unit one
Later, all three units were undone
Operation and management not good enough
After restart, a leak spilled some scary stuff
Unit Two was later shut down for a day
River water was too hot to cool they say
And based on what’s happened before
An earthquake could damage the core
It’s safe the federal government does assure
I hope that, for radiation, they have a cure
With this bad record, the place isn’t fine
I wish it was in your backyard, not mine
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2013
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